Filter.



P. SUYKERBUYK,

FILTER, APPLIOATION FILED sEPT.so,1911.

1,031,886 Patented Ju1y 9, 1912.

seras 'rimane arriba.,

EETER NEW YORK, N. Y.

FILTER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Apulcation led September 30, 1911. i. Serial No. 652,121.

Patented JuEyQ," 1912.

v To all w'Lom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER S-Urmuusmx,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State'pf New York, have invented certain new 'and useful Improvements in l Filters, of whichV the following is ay specification.

`My invention .relaes to filters and the object of my inventio is to provide a filter' for filtering water in 'which the water fiows A. further o r ectfis to provide a plurality y upward throulrthe 4filter bed.

of filter ybed/stcreated side by side and s o arranged that theiinder surface of the 'filter beds maybe easily cleaned by directing a stream of water across their surfaces. p

A further object,is to provide means whereby water may be drawn from the filter after passing through anyv one of the filter v beds' A further object is to provide a filter in which the water maybe caused to fiow ulpf wardv through all of lthe filter beds at t e same time, or upward. through some of the filter beds and downward through the other filter beds, depending on the condition of the water to be filtered and the quantity of water required to be filtered per hour and the' use for which the water is required.

Referring to the drawings which forma part of this specification Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through a filter embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the construction shown in Fig. 1, on lines 2--2 thereof. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through one of the V valves used in the construction of the filter 13-13 is placed, and at each end of the' `be readily understood.

formed, the chamber 14 serving as the inlet chamber for the water prior to filtering, and the chamber 15 serving as the outlet chamber 'for the filtered water. u

Near the bottom of each of the` chambers 12, brackets 16-16 are formedwhich extend across lthe chambers from one side tothe other-and a grid 17 is supported on each pair of said brackets which lin turn .holds the filtering material 13. Between the grids and the bottom ofthe filter is formed com-- partments 18-18. Located in .the bottoni' of each cross wall is a 'valve 19 provided with a handle 20 which projects through one of the 'side Walls'as illustrated. This valve may be made by taking two tubes, the

outer surface of the smaller of which fits the inner surface of the larger tube, and

:after cappinv one end of each of'said tubes,

cutting the s ots 21 and 22 in `the` tubes-refilter a chamber 14 and 15 respectively isspectively, so that when' the inner tube is rotatedthe slotsma'y be made to' register to form ports through whchthe water may pass from one chamber 18 to the next, after the valves 19 are'set in lthe walls 11, as will greater height than the cross walls 1L to permit the ilterto be operated in'a manner more fully explained hereinafter. In each 0f thecross walls 11 is ,formeda passage 23 which extends from the top of one chamber 12 to the compartment 18 below the adjacent chamber -12 and one side ofthe wall- 12 is built'higher adjacent the passage23 aslillu'strated at 24, to prevent the Water from low.

ing directly over the cross wall from one chamber' 12 to the next chamber when the valves 25are open. The valves 25 control the'passages 23 and are preferably of thesame construction'as those indicatedv by 19. Valve controlled ipes 26' are located in the bottom of the Ifilter and communicate with the 'chambers 18.

Referring to Figs. 5 and 6, I show a modification which consists in makin the passages 23 bymolding'- a portion4 2% separate from t-he cross wall 11 and forming the passagesl 23 therein and. then setting this wall against the sidev of the wall 11.' It will be The outer wall 10: is carriedto a little' noted that a plurality of passages 23 are 'thus formed in euch Wall 'snol serve to clisalso tribute the Water evenly for theedjoining chamber. y

vThey ilter. muy be operated-as follows: Assuming the vwives 19 to los closed :mtl veli/es `25 open, the Weter will flow int-o chamber 14 through pipe 29u11@ then through passages 3G-30 intoelimuber 18 snel up'throu-fh the forst giicl 17 and lter bed 13 over tiene Well ll enddowu through passage 23 lbeuestlu the secomlilter hed und through the next passage 23, sud' so ou'to'the outlet chamber l5 smallfont seid eha-mber through pipe Si; This arrangement carries ell the 'Water through euch tilt/sr leed.' y@Now by opening the Valve `19 uesest tothe eomf pust-meut lil-the .weites will `iloW partly" through valve'll and upwsr ltlnfouggh the two adjacent .filter hezls'ut the same time,I

autl down' through s, passage Bend 'up' through the third lterloed amil then tothe lest. passage EZB, to chamber l5., f `This might loe advisable, Wheiethe zetel-ois very dirty to cause thefdiit tobe depositecl` ou the twoloWel' surfaces @fthe {issttwo ritls instemt-l of Collecting most all' of it ou the suiscefof will root` need A-tose olesnedfsolofteu. By

opening-sill of the vulves. 19- except the last one sdjseeut to the chsmbes l5, suol closing ull ofthevslves25, the-erstes would flow ufmzstllL through all .of the bedsfattlie sumetlme, thus.v iueiosiug 'the 'ospueit'ygot the litter. ltwwill be' uuderstoefl that' l 'muy hui/easy number ycvfwlilter 'heels usquiaeel for the amount oi?A watei: to ue filtered minute,4l and ,that by this system' of construe,y

tion and '.opeustiou @su change 'the Arate of flow tlirought-l'xelteiz Byeolleeting the dirt on the bottoms ofthe rids, I can morey easily elem. theltiltervwhio i l preferito-do by lix'sblettiug the water .flow directly from f the chamber 14 tlutough thenvslVe-lacross the fueeof thegrids, While the `qslve con trolling .the ,pipes 26 are open,L thuswashiug the dixit d'ieetly out of therltesl li muy becls endout .through the pipes 2G belowI the filter beds* to olesn, themv il necesszuyn f t muy also use the itop surfsees'otthe lter oecls Awith the exception of the iist `one as the first filtering surface il desired, by clos# ing the-@valves 25 suol thus -enusug `the Water to flow up throughtheirst bed and over the' eioss Wsllsuud tlowu through the othesfbedslw; i V'. ff

Having thus described my? iuvemtioua oluiui ssiiew f I IL A itilteiueompiisiug vsemillas wall or cssiugyeplumlity of @toss wells extsnfliug immens sul@ olE .ssio easing to the opposite title Wales ,to flow` up thiough the l tl'l'st .tlltei'i lient und.v flown `through the othei Losses@ leeds to un iugrom the top of o? .Jissjitl filter beds to s, point beneath. the stlgsee'ut lter meeus foi lescliug Watei oei-seeth .one of'sultl "so heil, s Valve 'controlling ssicl psssage,` engl v grills' and ugiwsral thi'ough. the lter loeal-4 supported thereby and tusuoe over the it. termediste lter leeds to the outlet.

3.' A filter comprising :s outras easing, suf i plurality ofox'oss 'Wells extending from one 1 sicle to the other o ssitl casing and o'less height and forming s plurality of seperate eliamues,

suinlet ellemloer at one` sible ofv stud easing suol outlet cheminee stthe other sie thereof? s, gsiclloeeteal new? the y ssitl filter heels to s point'lienesth the aclvlbotftom olf'eseli oi seid tilteiiug chambers', u passageway lestlmgliom the top of oue'ol' 'jacent t'iltei hefte vulve soui;;."olling said psssuge,` sufi ineens :los les, mouth one of geule' .up the tilter lef-eel suppoted thereby Ward througl'l ssifl 'passage te e or upwuud,

su intel'- through ilter und ove moet',

mediate filter beul to the outlet 11. it lter comprising s, essmg of ei'oss Walls extending from one side of u plurality' ido' sait-l easing' to the op @site sidoencl forming f' s plufslzty of lteruig chambers? s Valve located iu 'each 'of saidv cross wells and y adopted to e's'tsblisli mrpsssuge for the ow ott Water from beneath one .Elfes heel to .be-

ellu'mlieis7' s: passageway lofmee in eseh of Seidll oross'wslls leeit tu tsoifu zum* the top of ssil 'elismbeis to si 1 l' aud', means 'for lreeti s A through' one of seifcl ,lter snel clownyvmd through' one 'of esiti. psssses sind uprsrd 'through the next :lteste to sucses- `sl'yely lter rthe Witter.

bottom of one chamber uml Uvu'ftl through ulteimg msteiiel, then do v I mussel to the' bottom oit the nest elisuites:l ssd then up` izo l 'ingmuterisl leestecl in esuli of ssitl e'hsmy bers und' Walls sepui'utiug seid. elmxnuloers,4

I means ol' eonduetmg; the liquid from the 125 y Ward again through the ilterng material, New York and State of New York this 27th' said means compusing a, plurality of pasday of September A. D. 1911. sages formed in the walls of said chambers and distributed uniformly across said Walls PETER S-UYKERBUYK' '5 to secure` a uniform distributionv of wetterl Witnesses:

' for the succeeding chamber. FRANK M. ASHLEY,

Signed at New York city in the county of MINNIE S. 

